Stoke City to get promoted? How the last ten championship sack race winners fared
Running history Sack tells us that Stoke City could be in line for a promotion push. Otherwise, they will finish at least above fourth place.
The Potters are this season's 'winners' in the Championship, parting ways with Michael O'Neil after five games with the league's 21st club.
Now with one of the Football League's best players in Alex Neil, the Potters seem to be on the rise. But beating last season's winners will take work…
2021/22: Chris Hughton (Nottingham Forest) Replaced by: Steve Cooper Matches of the Season: Seven (24th in the table) Final league position : 4 (promotion via play-offs)
After doing an impressive but boring job at Brighton, Hughton was tasked with guiding Forest to promotion last season.
But a run of one draw and six defeats - their worst start to a campaign since 1913 - led to his dismissal on September 16.
Former Swansea City boss Steve Cooper was the trusted man to replace Hughton. Given their departure, Forest fans would have ripped your hand off had they been offered a mid-table finish.
But what the club achieved under Cooper was beyond their wildest dreams. They went on to lose just six games in 39 in the league under the respected coach.
This form left them comfortably in the play-offs, and they even came close to automatic promotion.
That disappointment was corrected at Wembley when Forest beat Huddersfield Town in the play-off final to return to the Premier League for the first time since 1999.
The newly promoted team are doing everything they can to stay in the top flight, signing 23 players in the process. But a win in six isn't the best of starts.
Nottingham Forest finds signing a brand new team is a gamble after all
2020/21: Sabri Lamouchi (Nottingham Forest) Substituted for: Chris Hughton Matches of the season: four (22nd in table) Final league position : 17th
Forest cut through managers like a knife through butter.
Lamouchi fell victim to the club's ruthless regime at the start of the 2020/21 season; The malaise remained at Forest after narrowly missing the play-offs the previous year.
Four straight defeats at the start of a new campaign will not be taken lightly and as a result, Lamouchi lost his job.
Hughton's story at Forest didn't end too well but he has done a great job in 2020/21. He managed to stabilize Forest making them strong defensively en route to finishing 17th.
This season could well have been disastrous for the club; Hughton dodged that fate, but the work he did seems miniscule compared to Cooper's stupidity.
2019/20: Jan Siewert (Huddersfield Town) Substituted for: Danny Cowley Early Season Matches: Three (20th in the table) Final position in championship: 18th
Sacking a manager three games into the season seems harsh, but Siewert is out after winning just one of 19 games in all competitions since January 2019. Sheesh.
After orchestrating Lincoln City's rise to League One, Danny Cowley and Robin (his brother Nicky) joined the Terriers.
The Cowley siblings guided Huddersfield to safety in 2019/20, although their three-year contracts were torn up that summer after clashing with chairman Phil Hodgkinson.
Finishing third under Carlos Corberan was an anomaly last season and now they are back to battling relegation (and without a manager once again).
2018/19: Steve Bruce (Aston Villa) Replaced by: Dean Smith Matches of the season: Eleven (13th in the table) Final position in the league : 5 (won play-off final)
The Villans retained faith in Bruce after losing in the Championship play-off final to Fulham the previous season, but their confidence quickly waned after winning just three of their first 11 games.
Villa could not afford to spend a fourth season at the second level without being able to rely on the parachute payments.
Dean Smith was snatched away from Brentford and no doubt to their relief he got them over the line. They did better than in 2017/18 to return to the Premier League via the play-offs.
2017/18: Harry Redknapp (Birmingham City) Substituted for: Steve Cotterill Matches of the Season: Eighth (23rd in the table) Final league position : 19th
Has anyone else completely forgotten that Harry Redknapp was Birmingham manager?
You can be forgiven if it got around you because it didn't last long. Redknapp...
Running history Sack tells us that Stoke City could be in line for a promotion push. Otherwise, they will finish at least above fourth place.
The Potters are this season's 'winners' in the Championship, parting ways with Michael O'Neil after five games with the league's 21st club.
Now with one of the Football League's best players in Alex Neil, the Potters seem to be on the rise. But beating last season's winners will take work…
2021/22: Chris Hughton (Nottingham Forest) Replaced by: Steve Cooper Matches of the Season: Seven (24th in the table) Final league position : 4 (promotion via play-offs)
After doing an impressive but boring job at Brighton, Hughton was tasked with guiding Forest to promotion last season.
But a run of one draw and six defeats - their worst start to a campaign since 1913 - led to his dismissal on September 16.
Former Swansea City boss Steve Cooper was the trusted man to replace Hughton. Given their departure, Forest fans would have ripped your hand off had they been offered a mid-table finish.
But what the club achieved under Cooper was beyond their wildest dreams. They went on to lose just six games in 39 in the league under the respected coach.
This form left them comfortably in the play-offs, and they even came close to automatic promotion.
That disappointment was corrected at Wembley when Forest beat Huddersfield Town in the play-off final to return to the Premier League for the first time since 1999.
The newly promoted team are doing everything they can to stay in the top flight, signing 23 players in the process. But a win in six isn't the best of starts.
Nottingham Forest finds signing a brand new team is a gamble after all
2020/21: Sabri Lamouchi (Nottingham Forest) Substituted for: Chris Hughton Matches of the season: four (22nd in table) Final league position : 17th
Forest cut through managers like a knife through butter.
Lamouchi fell victim to the club's ruthless regime at the start of the 2020/21 season; The malaise remained at Forest after narrowly missing the play-offs the previous year.
Four straight defeats at the start of a new campaign will not be taken lightly and as a result, Lamouchi lost his job.
Hughton's story at Forest didn't end too well but he has done a great job in 2020/21. He managed to stabilize Forest making them strong defensively en route to finishing 17th.
This season could well have been disastrous for the club; Hughton dodged that fate, but the work he did seems miniscule compared to Cooper's stupidity.
2019/20: Jan Siewert (Huddersfield Town) Substituted for: Danny Cowley Early Season Matches: Three (20th in the table) Final position in championship: 18th
Sacking a manager three games into the season seems harsh, but Siewert is out after winning just one of 19 games in all competitions since January 2019. Sheesh.
After orchestrating Lincoln City's rise to League One, Danny Cowley and Robin (his brother Nicky) joined the Terriers.
The Cowley siblings guided Huddersfield to safety in 2019/20, although their three-year contracts were torn up that summer after clashing with chairman Phil Hodgkinson.
Finishing third under Carlos Corberan was an anomaly last season and now they are back to battling relegation (and without a manager once again).
2018/19: Steve Bruce (Aston Villa) Replaced by: Dean Smith Matches of the season: Eleven (13th in the table) Final position in the league : 5 (won play-off final)
The Villans retained faith in Bruce after losing in the Championship play-off final to Fulham the previous season, but their confidence quickly waned after winning just three of their first 11 games.
Villa could not afford to spend a fourth season at the second level without being able to rely on the parachute payments.
Dean Smith was snatched away from Brentford and no doubt to their relief he got them over the line. They did better than in 2017/18 to return to the Premier League via the play-offs.
2017/18: Harry Redknapp (Birmingham City) Substituted for: Steve Cotterill Matches of the Season: Eighth (23rd in the table) Final league position : 19th
Has anyone else completely forgotten that Harry Redknapp was Birmingham manager?
You can be forgiven if it got around you because it didn't last long. Redknapp...
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